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Crime
4 minutes ago
Mom: Keep abuser away from my kid

She says Taylorville schools did not effectively protect her daughter.

Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim stands with supporters outside the Illinois State Board of Elections in Springfield on petition filing day on Oct. 27, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
24 minutes ago
Comptroller Susana Mendoza endorses Holly Kim to be her successor

Pritzker is appearing in ads supporting Rep. Margaret Croke in the primary.

Border Patrol agent wears a body camera in Chicago in October. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
35 minutes ago
Even amid partial DHS shutdown, Illinois remains on edge over ICE coming back

State lawmakers, Chicago officials consider options against immigration officials.

Chicago Cubs' Nico Hoerner hits during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Sports
1 hour ago
It’s an OPS world in today’s major leagues with batting average in the background

The significance of batting average has been in decline for years, replaced by on-base percentage and slugging percentage, along with the OPS metric that combines the two.

The casket of the Rev. Jesse Jackson is carried to the South Carolina Statehouse, where he will lie in state, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, Pool)
National
1 hour ago
Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

The final full honors from the state where he was born is a far cry from his childhood in segregated Greenville, where in 1960 he couldn’t go inside the local library’s much better funded whites-only branch to check out a book he needed.

Horace Mann building
Business
4 hours ago
Horace Mann increases quarterly shareholder dividend

This represents an indicated annual dividend of $1.44 per share payable on March 31, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 17, 2026.

This machine outside the Christian County Health Department contains overdose treatment supplies.
Local
6 hours ago
New vending machine offers lifesaving overdose prevention supplies in Taylorville

The vending machine offers Narcan and fentanyl test strips for free, along with other public health and safety items, most of which are free, according to the health department.

A sample envelope that will be provided to drivers with Autism.
Local
6 hours ago
Springfield Police launch Blue Envelope Program to help drivers with Autism

The program is designed to foster positive interactions between police and people on the autism spectrum.

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